STD.B5IBS EN12351-ENGL 19991624669 819922146 BS EN BRITISH STANDARD 12351:1999 Industrial valves --- Protective caps for valves with flanged connections The European Standard EN 12351:1999 has the status of a BritishStandard ICS 23.060.01 NOCOPYINGWITHOUTBSIPERMISSIONEXCEPTASPERMITTEDBYCOPYRIGHTLAW Copyright by the European Committee For Standardization EN 12351-ENGL STD.BSI BS 1999 699h29T 0819923 082 BS EN 12351:1999 National foreword This British Standard is the English language version of EN 12351:1999. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted by Technical Committee PSE/7, Valves, to Subcommittee PSE/7/12, Valves for process industry, which has the responsibility to: aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep the UK interests informed; monitor related intermational and European developments and promulgate them in the UK A list of organizations represented on this subcommittee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international or European publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Standards Catalogue under the section entitled “International Standards Correspondence Index, or by using the "Find"facilityoftheBSI StandardsElectronicCatalogue. A British Standard does not puport to include all the necessary provisions of a Compliance with a British Standard does not of itself confer immunity from legal obligations. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the EN title page, pages 2 to 5 and a back cover. The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. This British Standard, having Amendments issued since publication been prepared under the Amd. No. Date Comments direction ofthe Engineering SectorCommittee,waspublished wnder the authority of the Standards Committee and comes into effect on 15 December 1999 BSI12-1999 ISBN 0 580 35419 9 16246690819924 T19 STD.BSI BS EN 12351-ENGL 1999 EN 12351 EUROPEANSTANDARD NORMEEUROPEENNE EUROPAISCHENORM September 1999 ICS 23.060 English version Industrial valvesI Protective caps for valves with flanged connections Robinetterie industrille - Bouchons protecteurs pour les Industriearmaturen - Schutzkappen fur Armaturen mit FianschanschluB appareils de robinetterie a raccordements a brides This European Standard was approved by CEN on 16 August 1999. CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on appication to the Central Secretariat or to any CEN member. This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the Central Secretariat has the same status as te oficial versions. CEN members are the national standards bodies of Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece. Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. cen EUROPEAN COMMITTEE FOR STANDARDIZATION COMITE EUROPEENDE NORMALISATION EUROPAISCHES KOMITEE FUR NORMUNG Central Secretariat: rue de Stassart, 36 B-1050Brussels All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved @1999CEN Ref. No. EN12351:1999 E worldwide for CEN national Members